Month: October 2016

Morning Orange Drink

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Here’s an oldie but goodie.  I promise some newer recipes in the upcoming days, but lately I have been way to busy to even think about cooking.  Ever had a few weeks like that?  Yeah.  I retired from a 10-year part time job a couple of weeks ago, but had to come out of “retirement” to do some more training for my replacement, and I just got back from a week-long trip to visit my daughter in Idaho–great trip, by the way.

So rather than not post a recipe today, I am bringing back one of the first recipes I posted, like probably my second one from 5 years ago! The source?  A recipe that I had taped to the blank pages in our Brew Family Cook Book that I had always wanted to try, but had never gotten around to.  Oh come on.  You know you do the same thing!  This recipe looked yummy and so I tried it and yeah, it was good.  Somewhat like an Orange Julius, so enjoy.

Morning Orange Drink
Serves 4
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Ingredients
  1. 1 can (6 oz.) frozen orange juice concentrate
  2. 1 cup cold water
  3. 1 cup cold milk
  4. 1/3 cup sugar
  5. 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  6. 10 ice cubes
Instructions
  1. Combine the first 5 ingredients in a blender; process at high speed.
  2. Add ice cubes, a few at a time, blending until smooth.
  3. Serve immediately (probably because it will separate if it sits a while).
Adapted from Country Woman Magazine
Adapted from Country Woman Magazine
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Salsa Verde

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Saucy Recipe #2!  Okay I warned you last week we would have two sauces in a row.  Can I just say QUE RICO!  That means, another yummy recipe for you to try  out.  This is a tasty, fresh, cooked version of what you might have had in your favorite Mexican restaurant.  Hope you enjoy this dish!  Adios!

Salsa Verde
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Ingredients
  1. 2 lbs. green tomatillos, husks removed and rinsed
  2. 2 garlic cloves peeled
  3. 2 serrano chilies, or more for taste
  4. 1 c. cilantro leaves
  5. 1/4 c. white onion, roughly chopped
  6. 1 t. kosher or sea salt, to taste
  7. 2 T. safflower or corn oil
Instructions
  1. Place the tomatillos, garlic cloves, and chilies in a pot and cover with water. Place over high heat until it comes to a boil. Simmer at medium for about 10 minutes, or until tomatillos change color from a bright to a pale green, are cooked through and are soft but are not coming apart.
  2. Place tomatillos, garlic and chile (start with one and add the other if you need more "heat") and 1/2 cup of the cooking liquid in the blender and puree until smooth.
  3. Add the cilantro leaves, onion and salt and process again. Adjust for taste with salt.
  4. Heat the oil in a pot over medium heat. Once it is hot, but not smoking, pour in the sauce and bring it to a boil. Simmer over medium heat for 6 to 7 minutes, until it thickens and deepens its flavor and color. Turn off the heat.
Notes
  1. Sauce can be stored in a closed container in the refrigerator for weeks. However, the heat level of the sauce will fade with time.
Adapted from Pati's Mexican Table
Adapted from Pati's Mexican Table
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My Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Too dry.  Flattens out too much.  Doesn’t taste great.

No, no…I’m not talking about THIS recipe!  I’m talking about all the recipes I tried up UNTIL I found this recipe.  

I searched the world over for the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe.  I spent years trying and testing.  

I’d find recipes with shortening instead of butter.  While I appreciate the texture, well….I’m just a butter snob.  

I would find recipes that tasted pretty good but the cookies flattened out too much during baking.  “Oh, I just add a lot of flour and then it won’t do that!” I was told.  Yuck.  I don’t want MORE flour.  I want the flavor, the texture.  I want perfection!

Is that too much to ask?

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Well, maybe it was.  But I found the perfect recipe–at least my family and I think so.  We loooooove these cookies and make them often.  Too often.  

And I can’t believe I haven’t put them up on the blog until now!  My kids will thank me….we lost the original recipe card a long time ago, and have several not-so-great copies on scraps of paper (that always get lost) and in text messages.

But now, finally, it’s in a place of honor!

We hope you enjoy these cookies–they are one of my family’s most used recipes.

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My Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
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A yummy combination of the classic cookie, with peanut butter and oats for fun!
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Prep Time
10 min
Prep Time
10 min
Ingredients
  1. 2 sticks of butter, softened (1 cup)
  2. 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  3. 1 cup sugar
  4. 2/3 cup brown sugar
  5. 2 eggs
  6. 1 tsp. vanilla
  7. 2 cups all-purpose flour
  8. 1 cup oats
  9. 2 tsp. baking soda
  10. 1/2 tsp. salt
  11. 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Using a mixer, cream together the butter and sugars. Scrape down the sides.
  3. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well to combine.
  4. Slowly add in the flour, oats, baking soda, and salt. Mix well to combine.
  5. Add in the chocolate chips and mix on low just until evenly distributed OR mix them in by hand.
  6. Use a cookie scoop and scoop balls of cookie dough onto a baking sheet, 2 inches apart.
  7. Bake for 10-12 or 18-20, depending on the size.
Notes
  1. Baking time depends on how large you make them. My family loves to make cookies using a large cookie scoop and those take longer (18-20). A medium scoop will take more like 10-12. You just want them to be golden brown across the top and slightly brown on the edges.
  2. I always use Old Fashioned Oats, but you can use Quick Oats that's what you have on hand.
  3. We love to use large chocolate chips, but you can use whatever kind you like best.
  4. If you use the large cookies scoop, a batch will make about 2 dozen. With the medium cookie scoop, about 5 dozen.
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What’s In Your “Wallet?”

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This Mormon Morsel was posted on November 27, 2011.  This same story was mentioned in a Relief Society lesson this past week and I thought it would be appropriate to share again.  I love the message here!
 
I was looking up information on http://www.lds.org/ for my upcoming lesson in Young Women and I saw this video for youth called “The Lost Purse.”  Oh my goodness.  It really makes you think about what your “stuff” says about who you are.  Take a look at this video.  I, for one, am going to check my “purse” and see what I am putting out there about who I am.
 
 
 

 
“The Lost Purse”